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Setlist: Taylor Swift’s secret folklore and shaken off lawsuits

By and | Published on Monday 27 July 2020

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift’s surprise new album and latest legal win, plus Spotify’s new deal with Universal and TikTok’s litigation-avoiding agreement with the US National Music Publishers Association.

SECTION TIMES
01: Taylor Swift new album (00:03:44)
02: Taylor Swift lawsuit (00:10:34)
03: Spotify’s Universal deal (00:17:33)
04: TikTok’s NMPA deal (00:22:31)

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